Condiments & seasonings

Mayonnaise

Also called mayo

Mayonnaise is a creamy sauce that cooks use as a condiment. It is made with egg yolk and may contain vinegar, lemon juice, or mustard. It is sold in jars.

Egg
Allergen: egg

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Condiments & seasonings
Texture: Creamy
Cooked most in: Europe, Asia, The Americas
Top country: Belgium
Dishes: 13 in the catalogue
Energy: 680 kcal per 100 g

Photo: jules · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use mayonnaise

Made from

egg yolk
vinegar (sometimes)
lemon juice (sometimes)
mustard (sometimes)

Preparing it

Add the oil gradually to the yolk while whisking vigorously.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Creamy

Shopping

Choosing and storing mayonnaise

Sold as: Jarred

Nutrition

What 100 g of mayonnaise holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 1%Fat 98%Carbohydrate 1%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of mayonnaise
Energy	680 kcal · 2,844 kJ
Protein	0.96 g
Fat	75 g
of which saturated	11 g
Carbohydrate	0.57 g
of which sugars	0.57 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	635 mg
Cholesterol	42 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of mayonnaise: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	20 mg
Calcium	8 mg
Iron	0.21 mg
Magnesium	1 mg
Zinc	0.15 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	16 µg
Folate	5 µg
Vitamin B12	0.12 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 171009, 2758986), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where mayonnaise is cooked

13 dishes in the catalogue use mayonnaise. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list mayonnaise among their ingredients.

Origins

1907 · United States
Amelia Schlorer began selling jarred mayonnaise in Philadelphia.

On the table

Dishes made with mayonnaise

13 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Selat Solo
Indonesia
Olivier salad
Russia
Dressed herring
Takoyaki
Japan
Alligator po' boy
United States
Dagobert
Belgium
Pineapple shrimp balls
Taiwan
Franciasaláta
Hungary, Russia
Mimosa salad
Julienke
Belgium
Potechi pan
Japan
Scraps
Tomate crevette

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include mayonnaise.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: mayonnaise in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: eggs
Animal origin: From: egg

Around the world

What mayonnaise is called

Names in 98 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
mayonesa · mahonesa
French
mayonnaise · sauce mayonnaise
Italian
maionese
Portuguese
maionese
German
Mayonnaise · Majonaise · Majonäse · Mayo
Dutch
mayonaise · saus mayonnaise · mayonnaise · mayonnaisesaus
Greek
μαγιονέζα
Turkish
mayonez
Russian
майонез
Polish
sos majonezowy · majonez
Arabic
مايونيز · المايونيز
Persian
سس مایونز · مایونز

Show all 98 languages

Afrikaans
mayonnaise
Albanian
majonezi
Armenian
մայոնեզ
Asturian
mayonesa
Azerbaijani
mayonez
Bangla
মেয়োনিজ · মায়ো
Bashkir
майонез
Basque
maionesa
Belarusian
маянэз
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
маянэз
Bosnian
Majoneza
Brazilian Portuguese
maionese
Breton
maionez
Bulgarian
майонеза
Burmese
မယွန်းနိစ်
Cantonese
蛋黃醬
Catalan
maionesa · maonesa · maioneses
Cebuano
mayones
Cherokee
ᎤᏁᎫᎯᏍᏗ
Chinese
蛋黃醬 · 美乃滋 · 白醋 · 卵仁醬
Croatian
majoneza
Czech
majonéza
Danish
mayonnaise · mayonaise · majonæse
Egyptian Arabic
مايونيز
Esperanto
majonezo
Estonian
majonees
Faroese
majonesa
Filipino
mayonnaise
Finnish
majoneesi
Galician
maionesa
Georgian
მაიონეზი
Haitian Creole
mayonèz
Hebrew
מיונז
Hindi
मेयोनेज़
Hungarian
majonéz
Icelandic
majónes · majónsósa · majones
Ido
mayonezo
Indonesian
mayones · mayonnaise
Irish
maonáis
Japanese
マヨネーズ · マヨ
Javanese
mayonès
Kannada
ಮೇಯನೇಸ್
Kazakh
майонез
Kazakh (Arabic)
مايونەز
Kazakh (China)
مايونەز
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
майонез
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
майонез
Kazakh (Latin)
maýonez
Kazakh (Türkiye)
maýonez
Korean
마요네즈 · 마요네스
Kurdish
mayonez
Lao
ຊອດໄຂ່ແດງ · ມາຢໍແນດ
Latin
ius Magonicum · embamma Magonicum · liquamen Magonicum
Latvian
majonēze
Limburgish
mayonaise
Lithuanian
majonezas
Luxembourgish
Mayonnaise
Macedonian
мајонез
Malay
mayonis
Malayalam
മയോന്നൈസ്
Manx
sooslagh bwinnican
Mongolian
майонез
Northern Sami
majonesa · majoneasa
Northern Sotho
mayonnaise
Norwegian Bokmål
majones
Norwegian Nynorsk
majones
nrm
mayounaise
Occitan
maionesa
Punjabi
ਮਾਇਓਨੇਜ਼
Romanian
maioneză · maioneza
Samoan
meio
Scots
mayonnaise
Serbian
мајонез
Serbian (Cyrillic)
мајонез
Serbian (Latin)
majoneza · majonez
Serbian (Latin)
majonez
Silesian
Majōnez
Simplified Chinese
蛋黄酱
Simplified Chinese (China)
蛋黄酱
Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)
蛋黄酱
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
蛋黄酱
Skolt Sami
majoneeʹs
Slovak
majonéza
Slovenian
majoneza
Swedish
majonnäs · äkta majonnäs · majonäs
Swiss High German
Mayonnaise
Tajik
майонез
Tajik (Latin)
majonez
Tamil
மயோனெய்சு
Tatar
майонез
Thai
มายองเนส
Traditional Chinese
美乃滋
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
沙律醬
Traditional Chinese (Macao SAR China)
沙律醬
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
美乃滋
Tswana
mayonnaise
Ukrainian
майонез
Uzbek
mayonez
Vietnamese
mayonnaise · mayonne
Volapük
mäyonäd
Waray
mayonesa
Welsh
mayonnaise
Western Frisian
mayonêze · majonêze
Wu Chinese
蛋黄酱
Xhosa
mayonnaise
Zulu
mayonezi

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q167893

Photos

Photo: jules · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons